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The Best Episodes Written By Ryota Yamaguchi

Every TV Episode Written by Ryota Yamaguchi Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Ryota Yamaguchi Ratings Summary

"Gon × Killua × Deadly Chase" is the best rated episode written by Ryota Yamaguchi. It scored 8.6/10 based on 5 votes. It was directed by Yukihiro Matsushita. It aired on 2/24/2001 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Kurapika x Secret Assassins x Zoldyck".

  • Gon × Killua × Deadly Chase
    8.6/105 votes

    #1 - Gon × Killua × Deadly Chase

    Season 1 Episode 58 - Aired 2/24/2001

    Gon, Killua and Leorio arrive at a place where Nobunaga and Machi pretend to be a couple sitting in a cafe, but they do not attack understanding that they are not strong enough. Leorio, who is unable to use Zetsu to hide his aura, returns home, but Gon and Killua try to follow them and are captured instead. Light Nostrade arrives, giving orders to Neon, Kurapika and others. Mafia hires several professional assassins, including Silva and Zeno from the Zoldyck family.

    Director: Yukihiro Matsushita

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • Kurapika x Secret Assassins x Zoldyck
    8.5/104 votes

    #2 - Kurapika x Secret Assassins x Zoldyck

    Season 1 Episode 60 - Aired 3/10/2001

    Gon and Killua escape from Nobunaga. Killua tells Gon about Kurapika being the "chain user", they try to call him but get no answer. Neon runs away and is found by Chrollo Lucilfer who pretends to be friendly to get her prophecy. He helps her to sneak into the auction, then hits her unexpectedly and tells the security to call the emergency.

    Director: Toshiyuki Kato

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • Found × Hide × Caught Up
    8.3/106 votes

    #3 - Found × Hide × Caught Up

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/25/2000

    Gon stalks Hisoka, and observes Hisoka's friend transform into his real appearance. Then Hisoka decides to hunt other participants for two more points.

    Director: Shunji Yoshida

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • Training × Hound × Exhausted
    8.3/106 votes

    #4 - Training × Hound × Exhausted

    Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 7/1/2000

    Gon, Leorio and Kurapika stay in the Zoldyck family's servants' quarters at the security guards behest. Zebro lets them in through the Testing Gate (weighing tons), and Gon feels he should have been able to let himself in. While they stay there, the guard trains them with weighted brooms, water buckets, slippers, cups and whatnot. They end up extremely strong. After 20 days they are able to open the gate themselves, and they start walking through the grounds towards the house. Gon and Kurapika can push the first gate of 2 tons open, and Leorio is strong enough for the second gate.

    Director: Masahiro Hosoda

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • Good Boy? × Bad Boy? × Killua
    8.2/106 votes

    #5 - Good Boy? × Bad Boy? × Killua

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2000

    Killua stops trying to take the ball from Netero because his killer instincts are surfacing. Anita escapes her handlers and attacks Killua, who comes close to killing Anita, but lets her live because otherwise Gon would get mad at him. Gon is never able to get the ball, but makes Netero use his left leg and both hands once, and is satisfied.

    Director: Masahiro Hosoda

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • The Devil Resides in Human Souls
    8.1/108 votes

    #6 - The Devil Resides in Human Souls

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/17/2011

    Rin Okumura is a teenager with a natural gift to get himself in trouble. Despite that he tries his best to meet the expectations of his twin brother Yukio and Priest Shiro Fujimoto, who acts as their guardian, until he finally learns about the dark secret behind his origin.

    Director: Tensai Okamura

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • Conjurer × Smile × Beasts Beware
    8.0/105 votes

    #7 - Conjurer × Smile × Beasts Beware

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/4/1999

    Hisoka determines the real examiner by flinging deadly playing cards at each man, reasoning the true Hunter will live, and it's Satotz. Later, he plays at being an examiner and kills many examinees. Although Hisoka is able to kill all of his intended victims, he recognizes that Gon and Leorio are special and lets them live.

    Director: Yoshimitsu Tsuda

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • Exploration × Guts × Stowaway
    8.0/105 votes

    #8 - Exploration × Guts × Stowaway

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2000

    The protagonists and others have passed the second stage, and they fly towards the next stage on a blimp. Anita, a girl who failed the earlier test, sneaks aboard to get revenge on Killua for the death of her father. The Hunters capture her, and Chairman Netero offers to free her if Gon and Killua can take a ball from him.

    Director: Shunji Yoshida

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • Treasure × Memory × Cramped Hotel Room
    8.0/105 votes

    #9 - Treasure × Memory × Cramped Hotel Room

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/26/2000

    The successful examinees are taken by blimp to an island hotel. In order to pay for the rooms, they dive to collect treasure from sunken ships. Kurapika explains to Leorio that everyone from his clan was killed by the Phantom Troupe for their eyes. When a member of the Kurta clan dies with their emotions ablaze, their Eyes become Scarlet and are treated as treasures.

    Director: Shinya Hanai

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • Honky Tonk Women
    7.6/1034 votes

    #10 - Honky Tonk Women

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/10/1998

    A night at the casino lands Spike and Jet in hot water when they cross paths with Faye Valentine, a stunning con artist wanted by the law – and the bad guys.

    Director: Kunihiro Mori

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • A Boy From the Cursed Temple
    7.5/104 votes

    #11 - A Boy From the Cursed Temple

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/15/2011

    Having Shiemi as a new classmate, Rin's total disregard for classes brings forth the anger of another classmate of his, Ryuji Suguro, aka "Bon". After learning of Bon's story, Rin finds that they have more in common than he would like to admit.

    Director: Toshimasa Kuroyanagi

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • A Hand Reaches Out of the Toilet... Akagami Aogami
    7.5/102 votes

    #12 - A Hand Reaches Out of the Toilet... Akagami Aogami

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/29/2000

    Something is stinking up the town, and it isn't just urban reconstruction! A ghost has invaded the school's bathrooms, and it's up to Satsuki and the gang to find out how to put it back to sleep. The old book left by Satsuki's mom just might be the ticket.

    Director: Shigenori Kageyama

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • The Soul-Stealing Mirror! Utsushimi
    7.5/102 votes

    #13 - The Soul-Stealing Mirror! Utsushimi

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/10/2000

    People all over town begin acting strangely, but it isn't their fault, as most of them have been replaced by mirror world clones of themselves! With Satsuki and Hajime the last two people in the town who haven't been swapped, they'll have to find a way to end this ghost, before they end up in the mirror!

    Director: Shigeki Hatakeyama

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • Gehenna Gate
    7.4/105 votes

    #14 - Gehenna Gate

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/24/2011

    Fujimoto and his companions try their best to protect Rin from the demons who are after him, but he ends up posessed by Satan, the most powerful of the demons and Rin's father. Seeing his guardian taking his own life to protect him fron Satan, Rin decides to fight back by unlocking his demonic powers, even knowing that by doing it he would not be a human anymore.

    Director: Tadahito Matsubayashi

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • Confessions
    7.2/106 votes

    #15 - Confessions

    Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 8/27/2000

     As a special event to decorate the last night of the trip to Okinawa, Onizuka proposes a pair of men and women, "Swimsuit liver test and stunning". Moreover, the pair is Onizuka's dogma and prejudice. Naturally, Kyoko will pair with Yoshikawa due to Onizuka's strategy (?).  Kyoko begins to try herself alone in a dark place and gradually becomes obedient to her own heart. However, on the way, the two are entwined by the Yankees for some reason.

    Director: Kazunori Mizuno

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • Usagi's Love: The Moonlight Illuminates the Galaxy
    7.2/104 votes

    #16 - Usagi's Love: The Moonlight Illuminates the Galaxy

    Season 5 Episode 34 - Aired 2/8/1997

    As Galaxia closes in to take Sailor Moon's star seed, the Light of Hope finally reveals itself. Turning into a sword, the Light of Hope begs Usagi to use its power to stop Galaxia, who is now fully consumed by Chaos.

    Director: Takuya Igarashi

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • Temptation
    7.0/103 votes

    #17 - Temptation

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 8/7/2011

    Easily breaking through all defenses, Amaimon reaches the room where Rin is being held and Mephisto convinces the Grigori to agree with his plan. Using the reforged Demon-Slaying Blade brought by his classmates, Rin defeats Amaimon and the Grigori decides that he has six months to pass the Exorcist authorization exam, thus he begins a special training to learn to control his flames. Despite they helped Rin by having his sword fixed, some of his classmates still has some mixed feelings about him after learning of his connection with Satan, the most awkward of them being Konekomaru, who is approached by a dark presence attracted by his fear.

    Director: Shinpei Ezaki

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • Secret Garden
    7.0/103 votes

    #18 - Secret Garden

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/4/2011

    Shiemi in the Exorcist Shop finds a woman lying unconscious in their garden. Meanwhile, Yukio meets an old man on a train, who claims to be his grandfather, and reveals the truth about their Mother who was burnt alive by the Vatican proclaiming her to be a witch. He takes Yukio to a secret anti-demon Dragoon Laboratory and suggests Yukio to join him now that Shiro is dead and Mephisto has been arrested. Prof. Neuhaus is being interrogated in the Academy's Great Cell by Shura where he tells everyone(including Rin) that his wife,(Masked Man) Michelle, is nothing but a corpse with a certain demon in her body, intending to kill Satan but she was not resurrected from death by him. Rin finds out the woman in the garden to be Neuhaus' wife but Shiemi stops him from killing her. Paladin Angel appears in the garden to kill the demon but confronts Rin. Later, Michelle dies protecting Rin from the Order.

    Director: Ryutaro Sakaguchi

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • The Talking Mary Doll! Shadow of Terror
    7.0/101 votes

    #19 - The Talking Mary Doll! Shadow of Terror

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/21/2001

    The gang finds a strange doll in the trash. Satsuki prevents Keiichiro from bringing the doll home, but it shows up regardless. And then, late at night, Satsuki gets a phone call from none other than the doll herself! With the doll stalking her relentlessly, how will she ever be rid of it?

    Director: Shigeki Hatakeyama

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • The Life-Taking Psychic Photo – Railway Crossing of Evil
    7.0/101 votes

    #20 - The Life-Taking Psychic Photo – Railway Crossing of Evil

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/2001

    Convinced that a ghost is haunting a train crossing, Leo takes the gang out to try and catch the spirit in a photo. When one of those photos shows a strange hand on Momoko's shoulder, things start getting bad, and a tale of revenge unfolds.

    Director: Akihiro Enomoto

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • Superstition
    6.8/106 votes

    #21 - Superstition

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/27/2000

     "Letter of misfortune" becomes popular at Seirin Gakuen. A mountain of misfortune letters arrive at Onizuka, but Onizuka, who does not believe in the curse of curse at all, burns it all. However, from that day, ominous things began to occur around him, and finally Onizuka fell into poor physical condition.

    Director: Akihiro Enomoto

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • Good Cop / Bad Cop
    6.8/106 votes

    #22 - Good Cop / Bad Cop

    Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 6/4/2000

     Toroko's office is in debt and is on the verge of bankruptcy. Onizuka, who wants to help Toroko, gets into the office, but on the contrary, he becomes chased by the creditor yakuza. Inevitably, Onizuka tries to get the help of his friend "Toshiyuki Saejima", but Saejima's attitude is strange. In fact, Saejima was trying to escape by stealing a lot of gold bars that he had kept secret from his boss.

    Director: Yutaka Kagawa

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • Compromising Positions
    6.7/106 votes

    #23 - Compromising Positions

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/5/2000

     Hiroshi Uchiyamada, 51 years old. Vice-principal of the prestigious Seirin Gakuen. He works as a middle manager and is stressful. The only place where I could feel at ease was Iruma's home ... but recently Onizuka has come in and out of that home as a tutor for my daughter Yoshiko.  One day, Dr. Sannomaru brought a picture of an enkou dating site in Onizuka in a hotel district in Shibuya. However, that person is ...?!

    Director: Shigeki Hatakeyama

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • Money Talks, GTO Walks
    6.7/106 votes

    #24 - Money Talks, GTO Walks

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/30/2000

     Fujiyoshi, who has lost an important collection of money somewhere, is blamed by everyone in the class. Onizuka, who couldn't see it, said that he would work on the money, but he was impatient when he heard that the amount was 1.12 million yen. Apparently, the 1.12 million yen that Onizuka spent last night seems to be the money.  Onizuka does everything in his power to get rid of the money he has spent, but it's totally useless. At that time, Fujiyoshi disappears.

    Director: Shigeki Hatakeyama

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi

  • Matters of the Heart
    6.7/106 votes

    #25 - Matters of the Heart

    Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 8/20/2000

     Since Yoshikawa helped me in the sea, Kyoko's appearance has been strange. Yoshikawa appears in a dream, and his eyes are anxious.  Around that time, the vice-principal, who was dying in the sea, was struck by the kind heart of the girl student who came all the way to visit him, and once again decided to return to his original intentions.

    Director: Naoyasu Habu

    Writer: Ryota Yamaguchi